Jack Hewson

Will a plastic bag levy be enough to fix Indonesia’s rubbish problem?

Indonesia’s most conservative province implements new Islamic Criminal Code and public floggings for same-sex relations.

Piracy on the rise in the region as hijackers commandeer fuel tankers and siphon off precious cargo.

Rodrigo Gularte has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, but his illness may not stop a 12-man firing squad.

Conservatives denounce Valentine’s Day for promoting ‘free sex’, but others say it’s just a fact of life.

New social security programmes targeting tens-of-millions of the country’s poorest are the largest in the world.

Jakarta suffers subsidence rates of up to 17cm a year in some areas, threatening the homes of 4.5 million people.

Indonesian and Malaysian authorities are keeping a close eye on local supporters of the hard-line Middle East group.

Cleaners accused of raping kindergarten students at a prestigious Jakarta school shines spotlight on child molestation.

Asylum-seeker community in West Java is large enough to easily man an eight-team Afghan football league.